[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Karunapundarikasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika) › 75 # Karunapundarikasutra 75 Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra 75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.75) atha kulaputra samudrareṇurbrāhmaṇaḥ purohito vaiśravaṇamākāṅkṣate darśanāya / atha khalu vaiśravaṇo mahārājānekairyakṣaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto yena samudrareṇurbrāhmaṇastenopajagāmopetya samudrareṇorbrāhmaṇasyāgrataḥ sthitvaitadavocat - "kiṃ brāhmaṇa matto hyākāṅkṣase?" brāhmaṇaḥ prāha - "ko bhavān?" vaiśrāvaṇaḥ prāha - "śrutaṃ tvayā brāhmaṇāsti vaiśravaṇo nāma yakṣādhipatiḥ / so ahaṃ; brāhmaṇa kim ājñāpayasi kiṃ karavāṇi?" / brāhmaṇaḥ prāha / "śṛṇu yakṣādhipate 'haṃ bhagavatpūjāṃ kariṣye, tvamatrautsukyamāpadyasva" / sa prāha - "tathāstu yathā tvaṃ brāhmaṇākāṅkṣase" / "tena hi tvaṃ mahārāja yākṣān asmākaṃ vacanenānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau samādāpaya / evaṃ ca punaḥ samādāpaya, sacedyūyaṃ yakṣā anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhāvarthikā gacchata, yūyaṃ pārāt samudrasya gośīrṣaṃ uragasāracandanamānayantu, apare bhagavato 'rthe gandhamapare vividhāṃ puṣpān, yenāhaṃ divasedivase bhagavataḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyāmi" / "evamastu brāhmaṇa", vaiśravaṇo mahārājā tasya brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutya tatraivāntarhitaḥ bherīmāhatya yakṣarākṣasāṃ sannipātyaitadavocat (KpSū 85) - "yat khalu mārṣā jānīyuḥ, ayaṃ jambudvīpe samudrareṇurnāma brāhmaṇo rājño 'raṇemino 'grapurohitaḥ, taṃ ratnagarbhaṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṅghena saptavarṣāṇi sarvopakaraṇairupasthāsyati / tadyuṣmābhistat kuśalamanumoditavyaṃ, tena ca yūyaṃ kuśalamūlenānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpādayatā" / tena khalu punaḥ samayena bahuyakṣarākṣasakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi añjaliṃ kṛtvocuḥ / "yaḥ samudrareṇorbrāhmaṇasya puṇyābhisyandaḥ kuśalābhiṣyando ratnagarbhaṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ saptavarṣāṇi sarvopakaraṇairupatiṣṭhati sārdhamaparimitena bhikṣusaṅghena, tatsarvaṃ vayaṃ puṇyaskandhamanumodāmastena ca kuśalamūlenānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhyemahi" / vaiśravaṇo mahārājaḥ prāha - "śṛṇvantu bhavantaḥ, yaḥ kaścid yuṣmākaṃ kuśalamūlenārthikaḥ puṇyārthī sa saptavarṣān pārāt samudrasya gośīrṣoragasāracandanamānayatu, yena samudrareṇurbrāhmaṇo bhagavato bhikṣusaṅghasya cāhāraṃ sajjīkuryāt" / tato dvānavatiyakṣasahasrāṇi ekakaṇṭhenodāhṛtavantaḥ / "vayaṃ mārṣā imān saptavarṣān gośīrṣamuragasāracandanamānayiṣyāmo, (KpSū 86) yena samudrareṇurbrāhmaṇo bhagavato 'rthāyāhāraṃ sajjīkariṣyati bhikṣusaṅghasya ca" / ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadyakṣasahasrāṇi kathayanti / "vayaṃ gandhamānayiṣyāmaḥ" / dvāpañcāśadyakṣasahasrāṇi kathayanti / "vayaṃ vicitrān puṣpān ānayiṣyāmaḥ" / viṃśadyakṣasahasrāṇi kathayanti / "vayaṃ vividharasāyanānāmojāṃ gṛhnīmo bhagavato 'rthāya bhikṣusaṅghasya ca, yadannapānasajjīkṛtaṃ bhaviṣyati tatraujāṃ prakṣepsyāmaḥ" / saptatiryakṣasahasrāṇi kathayanti / "vayaṃ mārṣā bhagavato 'rthāyāhāraṃ sajjīkariṣyāmo bhikṣusaṅghasya ca" / - [Previous: 74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.74) - [Next: 76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.76) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་སྙིང་རྗེ་པད་མ་དཀར་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika*bo.65) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.75) · Pramāṇa